Countdown Calendar, by NY artist Kerri Lee, is a perpetual calendar that will be snazzy in perpetuity. $40

Young-Hwan Choi and the Agencie Group won the urbanSHED International Design Competition, creating the first new look for NYC sidewalk scaffolding in over 50 years. A huge leap from the current ramshackle, wrap-the-pointy-ends-in-gaffer's-tape-so-you-don't-get-jabbed blights.